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92_HB0352eng HB0352 Engrossed LRB9203124NTsb 1 AN ACT relating to schools. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing 5 Section 18-12 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/18-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-12) 7 Sec. 18-12. Dates for filing State aid claims.)The 8 school board of each school district shall require teachers, 9 principals, or superintendents to furnish from records kept 10 by them such data as it needs in preparing and certifying 11 under oath or affirmation to the regional superintendent its 12 school district report of claims provided in Sections 18-8 13 through 18-10 on blanks to be provided by the State 14 Superintendent of Education. The district claim shall be 15 based on the latest available equalized assessed valuation 16 and tax rates, as provided in Section 18-8 and shall use the 17 average daily attendance as determined by the method outlined 18 in Section 18-8 and shall be certified and filed with the 19 regional superintendent by July 1. Failure to so file by 20 July 1 constitutes a forfeiture of the right to receive 21 payment by the State until such claim is filed and vouchered 22 for payment. The regional superintendent of schools shall 23 certify the county report of claims by July 15; and the State 24 Superintendent of Education shall voucher for payment those 25 claims to the State Comptroller as provided in Section 18-11. 26 If any school district fails to provide the minimum 27 school term specified in Section 10-19, the State aid claim 28 for that year shall be reduced by the State Superintendent of 29 Education in an amount equivalent to .56818% for each day 30 less than the number of days required by this Act. However, 31 if the State Superintendent of Education determines that such HB0352 Engrossed -2- LRB9203124NTsb 1 failure to provide the minimum school term was occasioned by 2 an act or acts of God, or was occasioned by conditions beyond 3 the control of the school district which posed a hazardous 4 threat to the health and safety of pupils, the State aid 5 claim need not be reduced. 6 If, during any school day, (i) a school district has 7 provided at least one clock hour of instruction but must 8 close the schools due to adverse weather conditions or a 9 hazardous threat to the health and safety of pupils prior to 10 providing the minimum hours of instruction required for a 11 full day of attendance, or (ii) the school district must 12 delay the start of the school day due to adverse weather 13 conditions or a hazardous threat to the health and safety of 14 pupils and this delay prevents the district from providing 15 the minimum hours of instruction required for a full day of 16 attendance, the partial day of attendance may be counted as a 17 full day of attendance. The partial day of attendance and the 18 reasons therefor shall be certified in writing within a month 19 of the closing or delayed start by the local school district 20 superintendent to the Regional Superintendent of Schools for 21 forwarding to the State Superintendent of Education for 22 approval. The changes to this Section made by this amendatory 23 Act of the 92nd General Assembly apply to the 2000-2001 24 school year and each school year thereafter. 25 No exception to the requirement of providing a minimum 26 school term may be approved by the State Superintendent of 27 Education pursuant to this Section unless a school district 28 has first used all emergency days provided for in its regular 29 calendar. 30 If the State Superintendent of Education declares that an 31 energy shortage exists during any part of the school year for 32 the State or a designated portion of the State, a district 33 may operate the school attendance centers within the district 34 4 days of the week during the time of the shortage by HB0352 Engrossed -3- LRB9203124NTsb 1 extending each existing school day by one clock hour of 2 school work, and the State aid claim shall not be reduced, 3 nor shall the employees of that district suffer any reduction 4 in salary or benefits as a result thereof. A district may 5 operate all attendance centers on this revised schedule, or 6 may apply the schedule to selected attendance centers, taking 7 into consideration such factors as pupil transportation 8 schedules and patterns and sources of energy for individual 9 attendance centers. 10 No State aid claim may be filed for any district unless 11 the clerk or secretary of the school board executes and files 12 with the State Superintendent of Education, on forms 13 prescribed by the Superintendent, a sworn statement that the 14 district has complied with the requirements of Section 15 10-22.5 in regard to the nonsegregation of pupils on account 16 of color, creed, race, sex or nationality. 17 No State aid claim may be filed for any district unless 18 the clerk or secretary of the school board executes and files 19 with the State Superintendent of Education, on forms 20 prescribed by the Superintendent, a sworn statement that to 21 the best of his or her knowledge or belief the employing or 22 assigning personnel have complied with Section 24-4 in all 23 respects. 24 (Source: P.A. 90-98, eff. 7-11-97.) 25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on 26 July 1, 2001.